WILKES-BARRE – The third-seeded Wilkes University men's tennis team is set to travel to second-seeded FDU-Florham for a Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) Semifinal match Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. at St. Elizabeth University in Morristown, N.J.

Admission to the match is free. Live stats can be followed here.

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The Colonels earned the third seed after going 4-2 in their MAC Freedom matches this season. Wilkes is 9-7 overall.

FDU-Florham earned the No. 2 seed with a 4-2 conference record and the Devils stand at 8-3 overall.

The Colonels defeated the Devils in a tightly contested match just last week on April 27th in Madison, N.J. by a 5-4 score. FDU-Florham, Wilkes and DeSales University all finished at 4-2 in the conference play with the tiebreaker scenarios setting the seeding for the three teams.

In the head-to-head match, Wilkes picked up wins at No. 2 doubles with Nathanial Rathe (Lincoln, NE/Lincoln Southeast) and Cole Gibson (Pinecrest, FL/Miami Palmetto Senior) winning 8-4 over Zach Puccia and JT Murray and in No. 3 doubles with Connor Frey (Binghamton, NY/Chenango Valley) and Jacob Bosler (Elkton, MD/Elkton) winning 8-4 over Jacob Mostoller and Brandon Schwartz. Sergio De La Garza and Joni Carasso won 8-1 at No. 1 doubles over Rodniel Senson (Houston, TX/William B. Travis) and John Toussaint (Dallas, PA/Dallas Senior).

Wilkes won No. 2, No. 4, and No. 6 singles to earn the match win. Toussaint defeated Carasso 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 at No. 2. Rathe beat Mostoller 6-4, 6-0 at No. 4, and Bosler defeated Schwartz 6-0, 6-2 at No. 6.

FDU-Florham won at No. 1, No. 3, and No. 5 singles. De La Garza defeated Gibson at No. 1 by a 6-1, 6-3 score, Puccia beat Nick Putney (Norfolk, MA/King Phillip Regional) 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3, and Matthew Emery defeated Senson 6-1, 6-0 at No. 5.

The Colonels are 17-1 against FDU-Flohram dating back to the 2007-08 season. This year Wilkes has a combined 52-64 singles record and a 26-28 doubles record. The Devils have combined to have a 44-22 singles record and a 23-10 doubles record.

Top-seeded Stevens Institute of Technology hosts fourth seed DeSales University in the other semifinal at Braddock Park in North Bergen, N.J. The winners of each semifinal will meet in the MAC Freedom Championship match on Saturday, May 7 at the highest remaining seed. The conference champion will receive an NCAA automatic berth to the Division III Tournament, something the Colonels had done for 12 consecutive seasons until Stevens won the team title last year.

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